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Bothriolepis
Discussion
All the material published by Janvier and Villarroel (2000) under the name Bothriolepis, sp. indet. Potrero Rincón 2: SGC-MGJRG.2018.V.21, an almost complete juvenile skull roof (Fig. 4A–D); SGC-MGJRG.2018.V.20, an almost complete adult skull roof (Fig. 4D–H).
Taxonomy
Bothriolepis was named by Eichwald (1840). Its type is Bothriolepis ornata. It is the type genus of Bothriolepididae.
It was assigned to Asterolepididae by Woodward (1891); to Asterolepidae by Hay (1902); to Bothriolepidae by Denison (1978), Weems et al. (1981), Johanson (1998), Thomson and Thomas (2001), Downs et al. (2016); and to Bothriolepididae by Lukševičs (2001), van der Laan (2019).
It was assigned to Asterolepididae by Woodward (1891); to Asterolepidae by Hay (1902); to Bothriolepidae by Denison (1978), Weems et al. (1981), Johanson (1998), Thomson and Thomas (2001), Downs et al. (2016); and to Bothriolepididae by Lukševičs (2001), van der Laan (2019).
Species
B. africana, B. alvesiensis, B. amankonyrica, B. antarctica, B. askinae, B. babichevi, B. barretti, B. bindareei, B. canadensis, B. cellulosa, B. ciecere, B. cristata, B. cullodenensis, B. curonica, B. dairbhrensis, B. dorakarasugensis, B. evaldi, B. extensa, B. favosa, B. fergusoni, B. gigantea, B. gippslandiensis, B. grenfellensis, B. groenlandica, B. hayi, B. heckeri, B. hicklingi, B. hydrophila, B. jani, B. jarviki, B. jazwicensis, B. jeremijevi, B. karawaka, B. kassini, B. kohni, B. kwangtungensis, B. laverocklochensis, B. leptocheira, B. lochangensis, B. lohesti, B. longi, B. macphersoni, B. macrocephala, B. maeandrina, B. major, B. markovskii, B. mawsoni, B. maxima, B. nielseni, B. nikitinae, B. nitida (syn. B. darbiensis, B. minor, B. coloradensis), B. niushoushanensis, B. obesa, B. obrutschewi, B. ornata (type species), B. panderi, B. paradoxa, B. pavariensis, B. perija, B. portalensis, B. prima, B. rex, B. shaokuanensis, B. siberica, B. sibirica, B. sinensis, B. sosnensis, B. stevensoni, B. tastenica, B. tatongensis, B. taylori, B. traquairi, B. traudscholdi, B. tungseni, B. turanica, B. virginiensis, B. volongensis, B. vuwae, B. warreni, B. wilsoni, B. yeungae, B. yunnanensis, B. zhujiangyuanensis, Stenacanthus nitida
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1840 | Bothriolepis Eichwald |
| 1856 | Stenacanthus Leidy |
| 1891 | Bothriolepis Woodward p. 223 fig. 34 |
| 1902 | Bothriolepis Hay p. 343 |
| 1978 | Bothriolepis Denison |
| 1981 | Bothriolepis Weems et al. p. 986 |
| 1998 | Bothriolepis Johanson p. 318 |
| 2001 | Bothriolepis Lukševičs p. 505 |
| 2001 | Bothriolepis Thomson and Thomas p. 683 |
| 2016 | Bothriolepis Downs et al. p. 4 |
| 2019 | Bothriolepis van der Laan p. 28 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Bothriolepis Eichwald 1840
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†Bothriolepis africana Long et al. 1997
†Bothriolepis alvesiensis Stensio 1948
†Bothriolepis amankonyrica Malinovskaya 1988
†Bothriolepis antarctica Woodward 1921
†Bothriolepis askinae Young 1988
†Bothriolepis babichevi Malinovskaya 1992
†Bothriolepis barretti Young 1988
†Bothriolepis bindareei Long 1983
†Bothriolepis canadensis Whiteaves 1880
†Bothriolepis cellulosa Pander 1846
†Bothriolepis ciecere Lyarskaia 1974
†Bothriolepis cristata Traquair 1895
†Bothriolepis cullodenensis Long 1983
†Bothriolepis curonica Gross 1942
†Bothriolepis dairbhrensis Dupret et al. 2023
†Bothriolepis dorakarasugensis Moloshnikov 2009
†Bothriolepis evaldi Lyarskaya 1986
†Bothriolepis extensa Sergienko 1961
†Bothriolepis favosa Agassiz 1844
†Bothriolepis fergusoni Long 1983
†Bothriolepis gigantea Miles 1968
†Bothriolepis gippslandiensis Hills 1929
†Bothriolepis grenfellensis Johanson 1997
†Bothriolepis groenlandica Heintz 1930
†Bothriolepis hayi Miles 1968
†Bothriolepis heckeri Lukševičs 2001
†Bothriolepis hicklingi Miles 1968
†Bothriolepis hydrophila Agassiz 1844
†Bothriolepis jani Luksevics 1986
†Bothriolepis jarviki Stensio 1948
†Bothriolepis jazwicensis Szrek 2004
†Bothriolepis jeremijevi Rohon 1900
†Bothriolepis karawaka Young 1988
†Bothriolepis kassini Malinovskaya 1988
†Bothriolepis kohni Young 1988
†Bothriolepis kwangtungensis P'an 1964
†Bothriolepis laverocklochensis Miles 1968
†Bothriolepis leptocheira Traquair 1893
†Bothriolepis lochangensis P'an 1964
†Bothriolepis lohesti Leriche 1931
†Bothriolepis longi Johanson and Young 1999
†Bothriolepis macphersoni Young 1988
†Bothriolepis macrocephala Egerton 1862
†Bothriolepis maeandrina Hoffman 1911
†Bothriolepis major Agassiz 1844
†Bothriolepis markovskii Moloshnikov 2010
†Bothriolepis mawsoni Young 1988
†Bothriolepis maxima Gross 1933
†Bothriolepis nielseni Stensio 1948
†Bothriolepis nikitinae Malinovskaya 1988
†Bothriolepis nitida Leidy 1856
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Invalid names: Bothriolepis coloradensis Eastman 1904 [synonym], Bothriolepis darbiensis Denison 1951 [synonym], Bothriolepis minor Newberry 1889 [synonym]
†Bothriolepis niushoushanensis Pan et al. 1980
†Bothriolepis obesa Traquair 1888
†Bothriolepis obrutschewi Gross 1942
†Bothriolepis ornata Eichwald 1840
†Bothriolepis panderi Lahusen 1880
†Bothriolepis paradoxa Agassiz 1845
†Bothriolepis pavariensis Lyarskaia 1974
†Bothriolepis perija Young and Moody 2002
†Bothriolepis portalensis Young 1988
†Bothriolepis prima Gross 1942
†Bothriolepis rex Downs et al. 2016
†Bothriolepis shaokuanensis Chang 1963
†Bothriolepis siberica Obruchev 1941
†Bothriolepis sibirica Obruchev 1941
†Bothriolepis sinensis Chi 1940
†Bothriolepis sosnensis Moloshnikov 2003
†Bothriolepis stevensoni Miles 1968
†Bothriolepis tastenica Malinovskaya 1988
†Bothriolepis tatongensis Long and Werdelin 1986
†Bothriolepis taylori Miles 1968
†Bothriolepis traquairi Bryant 1924
†Bothriolepis traudscholdi Jaekel 1927
†Bothriolepis tungseni Chang 1965
†Bothriolepis turanica Obruchev 1939
†Bothriolepis virginiensis Weems et al. 1981
†Bothriolepis volongensis Luksevics and Sorokin 1999
†Bothriolepis vuwae Young 1988
†Bothriolepis warreni Long 1983
†Bothriolepis wilsoni Miles 1968
†Bothriolepis yeungae Johanson 1998
†Bothriolepis yunnanensis Liu 1962
†Bothriolepis zhujiangyuanensis Xian et al. 2025
Invalid names: Stenacanthus Leidy 1856 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Emsian to the top of the Late/Upper Famennian or 410.62000 to 358.86000 Ma
Collections (108 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Emsian | China | B. tungseni (238079) | |
| Emsian - Givetian | Antarctica | B. askinae (207077) B. kohni (207078) B. portalensis (207084) | |
| Eifelian | China | B. shaokuanensis (239510) B. zhujiangyuanensis (239498) | |
| Middle Devonian | Hong Kong | B. sp. (275907) | |
| Early/Lower Givetian | China (Guangxi) | B. sp. (238314) | |
| Early/Lower Givetian - Middle Givetian | Australia (New South Wales) | B. sp. (238202) | |
| Givetian | Lithuania | B. obrutschewi, B. prima (239147) | |
| Givetian | Antarctica | B. barretti (207075) B. barretti, B. karawaka, B. macphersoni, B. mawsoni, B. vuwae (207098) B. karawaka, B. mawsoni (207087) B. karawaka, B. mawsoni, B. vuwae (207086) B. portalensis (207089 207097) | |
| Givetian | Australia (Victoria) | B. cullodenensis, B. fergusoni, B. gippslandiensis (225605) | |
| Givetian | Kazakhstan | B. babichevi (239491) | |
| Givetian | Latvia | B. obrutschewi, B. prima (239144) | |
| Givetian | USA (Michigan) | B. sp. (238762) | |
| Givetian | China | B. kwangtungensis, B. lochangensis (239509) | |
| Givetian - Frasnian | China (Hunan) | B. sinensis (233242) | |
| Middle Givetian | Ireland | B. dairbhrensis (239412) | |
| Late/Upper Givetian | Latvia | B. curonica (225777) | |
| Late/Upper Givetian | Australia (Victoria) | B. cullodenensis, B. bindareei, B. warreni (239410) B. cullodenensis, B. fergusoni, B. gippslandiensis (196710) B. sp., B. cullodenensis, B. warreni (239411) | |
| Late/Upper Givetian | Belarus | B. sp. (225888) | |
| Late/Upper Givetian | China | B. sp. (209617) | |
| Late/Upper Givetian - Early/Lower Frasnian | Australia (Victoria) | B. tatongensis (239421) | |
| Late/Upper Givetian - Early/Lower Frasnian | Venezuela | B. perija (239502) | |
| Early/Lower Frasnian | Russian Federation (Kemerovskaya Oblast) | B. sp. (84383) | |
| Early/Lower Frasnian | Australia (Western Australia) | B. sp. (233189) | |
| Early/Lower Frasnian | Russian Federation | B. panderi (239153) B. prima (90346) | |
| Early/Lower Frasnian | Latvia | B. cellulosa (239145) | |
| Early/Lower Frasnian - Middle Frasnian | Australia (New South Wales) | B. longi (238740) | |
| Frasnian | United Kingdom | B. laverocklochensis (239497) B. taylori (239215) | |
| Frasnian | USA (Colorado) | B. coloradensis (207898 238488 238489 238490 238491) | |
| Frasnian | USA (Arizona) | B. sp. (238077) | |
| Frasnian | Latvia | B. cellulosa (239143) B. evaldi (239137 239142) B. leptocheira (239135 239138) B. maxima (178741 239136 239140 239141 239149) B. sp. (239146) B. traudscholdi (239148) | |
| Frasnian | Canada (Quebec) | B. canadensis (179176) | |
| Frasnian | Poland | B. jazwicensis (82658) | |
| Frasnian | Russian Federation | B. maxima (239151) B. obrutschewi (239150) B. panderi (239134) B. volongensis (239513) | |
| Frasnian | Kazakhstan | B. amankonyrica (239493) B. kassini, B. nikitinae (239492) B. tastenica (239494) | |
| Frasnian | USA (Pennsylvania) | B. minor (164512) | |
| Frasnian | Russian Federation (Tuva) | B. sibirica (214854 214855) B. sibirica, B. dorakarasugensis (214853) | |
| Frasnian - Famennian | United Kingdom | B. wilsoni (239423) | |
| Frasnian - Famennian | USA (Pennsylvania) | B. sp. (225800) | |
| Late/Upper Devonian | Colombia (Boyacá) | B. sp. (211928) | |
| Late/Upper Devonian | USA (Virginia) | B. virginiensis (103795) | |
| Late/Upper Devonian | United Kingdom | B. hayi (239213) | |
| Middle Frasnian | Russian Federation (Saint Petersburg) | B. traudscholdi (196703) | |
| Middle Frasnian | Canada (Nunavut) | B. rex (236499) | |
| Middle Frasnian - Late/Upper Frasnian | United Kingdom | B. major, B. alvesiensis, B. gigantea (239413) | |
| Late/Upper Frasnian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | B. paradoxa (176215) | |
| Late/Upper Frasnian | Russian Federation | B. markovskii (239495) B. maxima (238745) | |
| Early/Lower Famennian | Russian Federation (Oryol Oblast) | B. sosnensis (176223) | |
| Famennian | Belgium | B. lohesti (239511) | |
| Famennian | Australia (New South Wales) | B. grenfellensis (238074) B. yeungae (207370) | |
| Famennian | China (Ningxia) | B. niushoushanensis (207050) | |
| Famennian | United Kingdom | B. hicklingi (239419 239420) B. hydrophila (238708) B. major, B. alvesiensis, B. cristata (238860) B. sp. (238865 239214) B. sp., B. macrocephala (238866) | |
| Famennian | Greenland | B. groenlandica (239508) B. jarviki (238738) B. nielseni (238877) | |
| Famennian | Latvia | B. ciecere (238206) B. ornata, B. ciecere (176220) B. ornata, B. jani (238744) | |
| Famennian | Russian Federation | B. heckeri (239414) B. ornata (239152) | |
| Famennian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | B. africana (68049) | |
| Famennian | USA (Pennsylvania) | B. nitidus (164511) B. sp. (28211 239487) | |
| Middle Famennian | Russian Federation (Oryol Oblast) | B. siberica (226045) | |
| Middle Famennian | Russian Federation | B. ciecere (238703) | |
| Late/Upper Famennian | Russian Federation (Tulskaya Oblast) | B. sp. (176224) |